MCCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. —Danny Stratton took the lead on the final lap to win the July 24 USAC National Midget Car Series, which was co-sanctioned by the POWRi Midget Series event, at Junction Motor Speedway.
Defending USAC champion Jerry Coons, Jr. led the first 29 laps, but Stratton blasted his Burkhart No. 21a into the lead when Coons blew a tire on the final tour of the three-eighths-mile dirt track.
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. finished second, while Josh Wise, Scott Hatton and Brad Loyet rounded out the top five.
The summary:
First Heat (8 laps): Jerry Coons, Jr., Brad Kuhn, Bradley Galedrige, Dustin Morgan, Brad Mosen, Chris Windom, Bud Kaeding, Johnny Rodriguez, Alfred Galedrige, Jr., Chase Barber.
Second Heat (8 laps): Brad Sweet, Kenny Biro, Matt Smith, Robby Flock, Mike Hess, Joe Liguori, Rick England, Wil Pierce, Don Droud, Jr., Todd Plemons.
Third Heat (8 laps): Scott Hatton, Donnie Ray Crawford, Darren Hagen, Jonathan Beason, Matt Johnson, Russ Harper, Joe Cleveland, Kellen Love, Mike Manzanares, Ryan Durst.
Fourth Heat (8 laps): Josh Wise, Kevin Swindell, Brad Loyet, Davey Ray, Nathan High, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Damion Gardner, C.J. Sarna, Billy Mentgen, Steve Sussex.
Fifth Heat (8 laps): Gary Taylor, Danny Stratton, Brady Bacon, Dave Darland, Matt Sherrell, Cody Brewer, Levi Jones, Scott Pierovich, Rich Camfield, Lance Beale.
First Semi (10 laps): High, Mosen, Beason, Darland, Harper, Rodriguez, Windom, Hess, Brewer, Droud, England, Plemons, Love, Manzanares, Camfield, Cleveland.
Second Semi (10 laps): Stenhouse, Morgan, Gardner, Flock, Sherrell, Pierovich, Kaeding, Sarna, Liguori, Barber, Jones, Beale, Pierce, Mentgen, Johnson, A. Galedrige.
Feature (30 laps): Stratton, Stenhouse, Wise, Hatton, Loyet, Gardner, Kuhn, Taylor, Darland, High, Hess, Galedrige, Sherrell, Flock, Beason, Crawford, Biro, Smith, Coons, Swindell, Ray, Sarna, Bacon, Sweet, Morgan, Mosen, Hagen.